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Patented June 16, 1914.

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SHOE RACK.

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Patented June 16, 1914 Z SHEET: uilLET nl Wil 115556.52'

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MLLM HAMMOND, 0F CHARLESTNN, MASSACHUSETTS, A SIGNOR TO UNITED 91H31@ MACHINERY GOMPANY, 0F ATERSN, 4NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEVI JERSEY.

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il; -e 'in 71. om] 'i' mae-7 Concern lie it known that l, VVHJJAM ,'l). llan- Mono, citizen of the United States, and a resident of Charlestown, in the. county et Suffolk and Commonwealth of Maglie-hnliave invented an Improvement in Shoedacks, of wliieh the following des :ription, in Connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on. the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to shoe racks suc-h as are used in shoe factories for eonveying Shoes from 'place to place in the course of their manufacture,

The character of the. invention may he liest Vnderstoofl by reference to the following (le- .n'iption et an 'illustmtire einlfiodiment hereof shown in the accompanying drawD nge, wherein:

Figure l is a View partly in section and pargwy in side elevation of an illustrative shoe rack embodying the. invention; Fig'. 2 an end elevation partly in section of the ra-li shown in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a side eleva tion of the rack Shown in Fig. 1 in collapsed p'fation; Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a modiieat-ion; and Fig. 5 is a section taken on lino of Fig. 4.

Referring to theI drawing, the illustrative rael-i shown herein embodying the inrention compri .s a 'hae frame l eomeniently' Hed of li'ingitudinally extending apaeed 3%?, connected by flat (frese ha frame mounted on appro-- aging It Secured therein. At each 4e hase traine an upright frame. Y pif.' d le hars il, 9 bolted or otherve voinieetezi at their upper ends n v horintal tulie ll Slotted to reeelve said angle '.lhefnprig'ii' angle hara S) may he conted mljaeent their lower ends hy Cross znilsport trays netween the upright e each of the angle hars is prmiflefl brackets l5 spared at appropriate in- "4 to correspond with the desired loeao? the trays. Supported on their, Y' .are usual tra s l? proriflr-il will fforniing; parken; for rerriuf'inglj the shoes. i" la annie-times desired to employ a, raeli for maniv tr a that up'z'e'hs of snliilent length to receive ther ".v'ould eaeh he longer than the base frame. ln my opendapplieajtion Serial No. iLOf, i file/l Elev., 13, H2, is shown a cellapble wel:

Speccation ci Letters Patent.

pg/lisation filed Italy 21,19%?.

Patented June 16, 119.1 -L

Serial No. 780,146.

in which the uprights may bewfolded down into superposed relation on the hase frame. This would be impossible, lunvever. if the upright frames were longer than the base traine. It. is highly desirable to have the rae-k capable of collapsing. To enable the rack shown herein to he collapsed the lower end ot each of the upright angle bars 9 is piro-tally connected 15o a hase frame angle har 3 by a bolt l) entered through registering` apertures in Said upright angle har and bafse traine har and p1.'o\'i led.\\'ith a butterfly nut 21 (Fiyi. Q) to faeilitateithe operation thereof. 4'l`o prevent inadrertent loosening of this bolt it may be provided willi a usual `@pring loelilr washer "lil not necessary to be shown in detail heroin. llaf'h upright angle har is eonneeted to a hase angle har by diagonal lil-are links Then it is desired to r'ollapse the frame the bolts Y19 are remorell and the right hand lun-ight 'traine 7(l"i;;. l)is rocked in a eimtra-eloekwiso direrlion down on to the bami frame l. ln the. eonrae of thin rocking movement the upright 'frame will he xnorerl by its` brave linlis 25 so that the lower ond thereof projects beyond the. end of the haie frame. The. pivot bolts of the left hand upright traine are then remored and said frame is rocked down to orerlie the right hand frame` as shown iu Fig. 3. ln the course of this movement the. lower end of Said upright traine is moved in from its end olc the haSe frame and along the other npriglit frame. The rar-li trainen when thus folded are in eonipael relation and occupy very little aparte, thereby enahling a large ninnher of the raeks lo be Slored away when not in use without taliiup; up an ohjeetionable amount of room. lVhen it is desired to set up the ravir it is merely neeesary to Swing' its end frames to their uprightpositions and replaee. the pivot bolts. These tall. upright end iranien hare more or leSS resilience.7 and in wheeling' the raffli's Jfrom place to place., are lialile lo be pulled away from thel trays and permit lthe latter to drop Vfrom Atheir hraeliets. To guard against this and stillen the rack as a whole the horizontal tubes il at the tops of the end frames may be connected hy a. tio rod il? entered lln'ongh apertures in said tubes and rendered afljnsizlile by a nut 29 at one end thereof. By i'liiS Construction after the 'tr/yb have been introduced the tie rod can which Will permit them to bend and conbe set up, thereby drawing the upright end frames toward one another, causing the same to grip one or all of the trays and thereby prevent dislocation of the trays and very materially contribute lo the stitfness of the rack structure as a whole.

The tie rod construction described is sufficient to prevent the end frames from spreading and dropping the trays, but to prevent thc trays from jumping up oilf of their brackets further securing means may be provided therefor'. To this end one or more metal straps 3l may be provided each having its upper end detachably entered into a slot in the under side of the upper horizontal bar l1, said end being arranged preferably to engage the inner surface of the opposite wall oit' said tube. The lower end may be bolted or otherwise secured to one of the cross bars 13, referred to. Each of the trays may be secured to said si 2 ps by screws 33.

In Fig. 2 two straps are shown for each end frame, whereas in the modification ,shown in Fig. 5 but a single strap isshown.

These straps may have more or less flexion,

form to any irregularity in vertical alinement of the end trays.

In the modification shown in Figs. et and 5 there is shown a tie rod 85 which instead of being directly connected to the horizontal tubes ll, as in Figs. l and 2, is connected directly to the straps 3l at a point to pass through and parallel rods 37 forming the bottom of the top tray and in the plane of said rods. This is an extremely advantageous location for the tie rod since it is not exposed to danger of being bent or distorted,

but on the contrary is fully protected by itsl location within the tray. Furthermore, it eliminates the necessity of providing special devices for holding the tray to the strap since the stay is also eective for this purpose.

3 When it is desired to remove the trays from the rack the screws 33 connecting lthe trays to the straps 31 are rst removed, then Athe strap at one end of the rack is removed from the rack by releasing the screw which connects the same to the cross bars 13 and dropping the strap to permit its upper end to escape from 'the slot in the horizontal tube 11. The removal' of the end strap permits the trays to be rocked on their longitudinal axes and project-cd slightly through the end frame in one direction sufiiciently to esca/pe the angle bars of the opposite end frame, whereupon the trays may be readily adjusted in an opposite direction and removed from the rack.

By my invention is rovided a rack of simple organization which Will stand hard usage Without getting out of order and which may be readily knocked down into collapsed form when desired.

Ha ving described ments of the invention wit tachahly securing' the lower ends ce. seid uprights to said base trame; pivotally connected to said uprights; shoe trz'iy sinne-r distributed at inter-vais along s trays supported upon means for maintainini-Q l said erected position, in supporting i said trays, said base frame, if rights liavirrgT provision permittr ingrr of the latter down toward 5 frame in collapsed relation thereefr A foldable shoe rack compri" combination, a base frame, arranged in pairs at eacn end cframe, transverse connecting means at the upper and lower portions of each pair of' upright bars, bolt-like members detechabiy en securing the lower endsuo said bars to said base frame, brace links pivotaliy con .ed to said base 'trame and bars, trW worse shoe tray supporting elements distrihut i aient;

combination, a base frame, upright bars each longer than said base frame, bolt-like members detachably securing the lower ends of said bars to said base frame, brace links pirotally connected to said base frame and. bars, transverse shoe tray' supporting eiernents distributed. along said bars, trays de tachably supported upon said elements, and means coacting with the upper portions of theopposite end bars and extending iongitudinally of the rack to spring said bars toward each other, said bars being ioldabe onto the base frame upon removai of the bolt-lil e members.

4. A shoe rack comprising in combination, a base frame; uprightend frames connected to said base frame; tray supporting brackets on said upright end frames; an upright. strap connected to each end frame, and

ieans detachably connecting said straps to 121 lsaid trays to hold the latter on said brackets.

5. A foldable shoe rac-li' comprising in combination, a base frame, upright end bars having pivotal connection with and oldabie onto the base frame, brace links connected to said base frame and bars, transverse shoe tray-supporting elements distributed aiong said bars, trays detachably supported upon said elements, and nie-ans distinctfrom trays and cenet-ing with the upper portions income '11s ran .t .tiring bars cf* herffiy tu mail said nsmip'rising in upright bars means depi sfateliy wf e @and iufirs transf sie@ die .fsetfschably mai upright frame and bars, w inenting elements trays detachN s ,seri rein if; ma

w "s, upright each longer than 'said base frame, bolt-like members detachably securing the lower ends of said bars to said base frame, brace links ivctsliy conne/:ted to said base frame and nrs, transverse shoe tray supporting elc-y mnnts distributed alongsaid bars, trays detachably sup orted upon said elements, means for etachably holding'said trays upon said elements, and s. longitudinally ar ranged tie-rod passing through and engag ing;r said means for detachably holding the trays, to draw the opposing bars toward each other, thereby to grip the trays, said liars being foldable onto the base frame upon removal of Said bolt-like members.

Si. A foldable shoe rack comprising in combination, a buse-frame, unitary uprights each longer than said base frame, means deM tachably securing the lower ands of said up'rghts to said base frame? brace links pivotaliy connected to said base frame and uprights, shoe tray supporting elements distributed at intervals along said uprights, trays supported upon said elements1 and an adjustable tie-rod secured to said uprights and having provision for drawing the. latter toward the shelves interposed between them, said bars being foldablc onto the base frame upon removal of said detachable securing YlJI-L.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my mime to this specification, in the presence of wo subscribing witnesses. K

WILLIAM P. HAMMOND,

Witnesses:

C, H. YOUNG, J. G. SUTHERLAND. 

